Tray for receiving musical accessories to be mounted on top of an amplifier
A tray adapted to be mounted on the top of a portable amplifier having a handle on the top of the amplifier including a top surface. The top surface is particularly adapted to receive musical accessories. At least one rear wall and two side walls is provided. Each wall is adjacent to the top surface. Each wall has a bottom edge extending below the top surface, forming a cavity. A clip is attached to the tray and received in the cavity. The clip includes a protrusion adapted to be received by the handle of the amplifier for securing the tray to the top of the amplifier.
This is a U.S. nonprovisional application relating to and claiming the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/963,143 filed on Aug. 1, 2007. The entire disclosure set forth in the provisional application is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThis invention relates to trays received on the top of amplifiers to enable musicians to store musical accessories therein.
BACKGROUNDA musician often uses an electronic amplifier to broadcast sound to an audience during a performance. In some cases, the amplifier is tilted utilizing a stand or wedge device located under the amplifier to broadcast the sound out and over the audience to provide a clearer projection of the sound. A musician often uses musical accessories, such as small electronic devices, picks and slides, which the musician must have easy access to during the performance. The top of the electronic amplifier is an appropriate place for these musical accessories to rest. However, often these accessories fall off of the top of the electronic amplifier during a performance, sometimes due to vibrations and other times because the amplifier is tilted. It is therefore desirable to provide a means for permitting the musician to use the top of an electronic amplifier to store musical accessories while reducing the likelihood that such accessories will fall off of the top of the amplifier during the performance.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIn accordance with one form of this invention, there is provided a tray adapted to be mounted on the top of a portable amplifier having a handle on the top. The tray includes a top surface. The top surface is particularly adapted to receive musical accessories. The tray includes at least one rear wall and two side walls, with each wall being adjacent to the top surface. Each wall has a bottom edge extending below the top surface, forming a lower cavity. A clip is attached to the tray and is received in the cavity. The clip includes a protrusion which is adapted to be received by the handle of the amplifier for securing the tray on the top of the amplifier.
In accordance with another form of this invention, there is a provided a tray adapted to be mounted on the top of a portable amplifier having a handle on the top. The tray includes a floor having a top surface which is particularly adapted to receive musical accessories. A plurality of walls extend above the top surface of the floor. A clip is attached to the floor. The clip includes a protrusion. The protrusion extends away from the floor. The protrusion is adapted to be received by the handle of the portable amplifier for securing the tray to the top of the amplifier.
In accordance with another form of this invention, there is provided a tray adapted to be mounted on the top of a portable amplifier which has been tilted and which has a handle on the top. The tray includes a floor. A top surface is provided over the floor. The top surface is particularly adapted to receive musical accessories. The tray includes front, rear and two side walls, with each wall being adjacent to the top surface. Each side wall has a bottom edge. At least a portion of the bottom edges are parallel to each other. The top surface is not parallel with the plane formed by the parallel portions of the bottom edges whereby the top surface of the tray is substantially level when mounted on the tilted portable amplifier.
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A tray for receiving musical accessories to be mounted on top of an amplifier is described above. Various details of the invention may be changed without departing from its scope. Furthermore, the foregoing description of embodiments of the invention and the best mode for practicing the invention are provided for the purpose of illustration only and not for the purpose of limitation—the invention being defined by the claims.
Claims
1. The combination of a tray and a portable amplifier comprising:
- a tray; the tray having a top surface; the top surface of the tray particularly adapted to receive musical accessories;
- the tray having at least one rear wall and two side walls; each wall being adjacent to the top surface of the tray; each wall having a bottom edge; each bottom edge extending below the top surface of the tray, forming a cavity;
- a clip attached to the tray and received in the cavity; the clip includes a protrusion; the portable amplifier having a top surface; a handle attached to the top surface of the portable amplifier; the handle forming a loop; the clip received in the loop formed by the handle for securing the tray to the top surface of the portable amplifier.
2. The combination as set forth in claim 1 wherein the tray further includes a front wall having a bottom edge; each wall having a top edge; the distance between the top and bottom edges of at least a portion of the rear wall is greater than the distance between the top and bottom edges of the front wall, whereby the tray is wedge shaped.
3. A tray as set forth in claim 1 further including a front wall having a top edge; the distance between the top edge and bottom edge of each wall being substantially equal.
4. The combination as set forth in claim 1 wherein the top surface of the tray has at least first and second portions separated by at least one barrier whereby certain musical accessories may be segregated.
5. The combination as set forth in claim 4 wherein the first portion of the tray is at a different level from the second portion of the tray.
6. The combination as set forth in claim 2 wherein the angle formed by the intersection of the plane of the top surface of the tray and the plane formed by the bottom edges of the walls being at least ten degrees (10°).
7. The combination as set forth in claim 6 wherein the angle is less than forty-five degrees (45°).
8. The combination as set forth in claim 1 wherein the rear wall has a cut-out portion; the cut-out portion aligns with the clip.
9. The combination as set forth in claim 1 wherein the tray has a floor juxtaposed to the top surface of the tray; the clip being attached to the floor.
10. The combination as set forth in claim 9 wherein the protrusion has a free end; the free end extends away from the floor, enabling the protrusion to be more easily received by the loop of the handle of the portable amplifier.
11. The combination of a tray and a portable amplifier comprising:
- a tray; the tray having a floor; the floor having a top surface particularly adapted to receive musical accessories;
- a plurality of walls extending above the top surface of the floor;
- a clip; the clip attached to the floor; the clip including a protrusion; the protrusion extending away from the floor; the portable amplifier having a top surface; a handle attached to the top surface of the portable amplifier; the protrusion received by the handle for securing the tray to the top surface of the portable amplifier.
12. The combination as set forth in claim 11 wherein the top surface of the floor has at least first and second portions separated by a barrier, whereby certain musical accessories may be segregated.
13. The combination as set forth in claim 12 wherein the first portion is at a different level from the second portion.
14. The combination of a tray and a portable amplifier comprising:
- a tray; the tray having a floor; a top surface over the floor; the top surface of the tray particularly adapted to receive musical accessories;
- the tray having front, rear and two side walls; each wall being adjacent to the top surface of the tray; each side wall having a bottom edge; at least a portion of each bottom edge being parallel to one another; the top surface of the tray not being parallel with the plane formed by the parallel portions of the bottom edges;
- a portable amplifier; the portable amplifier being tilted; the portable amplifier having a top surface; the tray being mounted on the top surface of the portable amplifier; the top surface of the tray being substantially level wherein each wall has a bottom edge; the bottom edges extending below the top surface of the tray, forming a cavity; a clip attached to the tray and received in the cavity; a handle attached to the top surface of the portable amplifier; the clip including a protrusion received by the handle of the portable amplifier for securing the tray to the top surface of the portable amplifier.
15. The combination as set forth in claim 14 wherein each side wall has a portion adjacent to the rear wall and a portion adjacent to the front wall; the height of the portion of each side wall adjacent to the rear wall being greater than the height of the portion of each side wall adjacent to the front wall.
16. The combination as set forth in claim 14 wherein each wall has a top edge; the distance between the top and bottom edges of at least a portion of the rear wall is greater than the distance between the top and bottom edges of the front wall, whereby the tray is wedge shaped.
17. The combination as set forth in claim 14 wherein the top surface of the tray has at least first and second portions separated by at least one barrier, whereby certain musical accessories may be segregated.
18. The combination as set forth in claim 17 wherein the first portion is at a different level from the second portion.
19. The combination as set forth in claim 14 wherein the angle formed by the intersection of the plane of the top surface of the tray and the plane formed by the bottom edges of the walls are between ten degrees (10°) and forty-five degrees (45°).
20. The combination as set forth in claim 14 wherein the rear wall has a cut-out portion; the cut-out portion aligning with the clip.
21. The combination as set forth in claim 14 wherein the tray has a floor juxtaposed to the top surface of the tray; the clip attached to the floor; the protrusion having a free end; the free end extending away from the floor, enabling the protrusion to be more easily received in the handle of the portable amplifier.
22. A tray as set forth in claim 14 wherein the floor has a well extending downwardly therefrom; the clip attached to said well.
23. The combination as set forth in claim 14 wherein said top surface of the tray is formed from a layer of material received over at least a portion of the floor.
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 22, 2008
Date of Patent: Mar 8, 2011
Patent Publication Number: 20090032480
Inventor: Kent P. Irish (St. John, VI)
Primary Examiner: J. Gregory Pickett
Assistant Examiner: King M Chu
Attorney: Carter, Schnedler & Warnock
Application Number: 12/220,209
International Classification: A47F 7/00 (20060101);